From mkim@utexas.edu Fri Feb 10 10:14:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!utexas!mkim From: mkim@utexas.edu (Min-jun Kim) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Feb10.101402.6786@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 10:14:02 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites? Nodes 01 to 10 correspond to US, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Germany, France, UK, USSR, Brazil, and Sweden. When all 14 nodes are synchronized, where does the final relay terminate? -- Min-jun Kim Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From lmuller@earthlink.net Sun Feb 12 01:11:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!earthlink!lmuller From: lmuller@earthlink.net (Lisa Müller) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Feb12.011102.7759@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 01:11:02 GMT References: <1995Feb10.101402.6786@utexas.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb10.101402.6786@utexas.edu>, mkim@utexas.edu (Min-jun Kim) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. Satellite relays! That explains why the timecode delay on the Hamburg feed was exactly 240 milliseconds -- the speed of light to geostationary orbit! Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Lisa Müller "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Amiga 3000T / SunOS 4.1.4 From mlopez@clari.net Mon Feb 13 18:47:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!mlopez From: mlopez@clari.net (Mike López) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Feb13.184702.2157@clari.net> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 18:47:02 GMT References: <1995Feb10.101402.6786@utexas.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb10.101402.6786@utexas.edu>, mkim@utexas.edu (Min-jun Kim) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. > One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites? Node 14 is the master clock. That's why the decoded line for Row 14 says: 'ROW 14. NO JOKE.' -- Mike López Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "Marcus is not one man." From bnilsson@pipeline.com Tue Feb 14 20:26:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pipeline!bnilsson From: bnilsson@pipeline.com (Brian Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Feb14.202602.7572@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 20:26:02 GMT References: <1995Feb10.101402.6786@utexas.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb10.101402.6786@utexas.edu>, mkim@utexas.edu (Min-jun Kim) writes: > Look closely at the Stardust relay table: there are 14 nodes, but only 10 countries listed. > One routing path lists: 'cascade!transat!orbit-01!stardust'. Orbit-01? Are four of the relay nodes located on satellites? When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. -- Brian Nilsson "Marcus is not one man." Acorn RiscPC 600 / System 7.5.1 From dperez@uni-hamburg.de Wed Feb 15 05:19:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uni-hamburg!dperez From: dperez@uni-hamburg.de (Dong-hyun Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Question: The 10 countries vs 14 nodes mystery - count again Message-ID: <1995Feb15.051902.3262@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 05:19:02 GMT References: <1995Feb10.101402.6786@utexas.edu> <1995Feb14.202602.7572@pipeline.com> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb14.202602.7572@pipeline.com>, bnilsson@pipeline.com (Brian Nilsson) writes: > When the fire broke out in B2-114, the mainframe was uploading to a satellite uplink on the roof of Orion Tower. Nova isn't in a vault. Her code was transmitted to the orbital relays before the building burned. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Dong-hyun Pérez Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology."